Thanks for the heads up Foggy ! Once again, you have answered my query - thanks.
So, basically to summarise, under 500 hrs multi crew, a 55 hour course for the multi -IFR, with possible credit of 5 hours for ICAO compliant CPL.
I assume that much of this training can be done in a simulator, with only a small portion of IFR actually being done in the multi.
Cheers.
CG.